florist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: flo=rist

CIDE DICTIONARY

florist, n. [Cf. F. fleuriste, floriste, fr. F. fleur flower. See Flower.].

•  A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

florist, n. a person who deals in or grows flowers.

Derivative

floristry n.

Etymology

L flos floris flower + -IST

THESAURUS

florist

antique store, apothecary, automobile showroom, baker, bookdealer, bookseller, bookstore, bootery, butcher, candy store, chandler, chemist, cigar store, clothiers, clothing merchant, clothing store, confectioner, confectionery, draper, dress shop, drugstore, dry goods store, drysalter, fishmonger, fishwife, floriculturist, florists, footwear merchant, fruit-grower, fruiterer, fur salon, furnisher, furniture store, furrier, gardener, gift shop, greengrocer, grocer, groceryman, haberdasher, haberdashery, hardware store, hardwareman, hat shop, hobby shop, horticulturist, ironmonger, ironmongery, jeweler, jewelers, jewelry store, landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscapist, leather goods store, liquor merchant, liquor store, luggage shop, market gardener, milliners, newsdealer, novelty shop, nurseryman, olericulturist, orchardist, orchardman, package store, perfumer, pharmacy, poulterer, saddler, saddlery, schlock house, schlock shop, secondhand shop, secondhand store, shoe store, smoke shop, specialty shop, sporting goods store, stationer, stationers, stationery store, sweater shop, sweet shop, thrift shop, tobacco store, tobacconist, tobacconists, toy shop, trimming store, truck gardener, used-car lot, vigneron, vinegrower, viniculturist, vintager, vintner, viticulturist, wine merchant

ROGET THESAURUS

florist

Mart

N mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.

Agriculture

N agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, georgics, geoponics, tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage, horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture, landscape gardening, viticulture, husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist, agricultor, agriculturist, yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman, granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist, Triptolemus, field, meadow, garden, botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden, nursery, green house, hot house, conservatory, bed, border, seed plot, grassplot, grassplat, lawn, park, parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard, vineyard, vinery, orangery, farm, agricultural, agrarian, agrestic, arable, predial, rural, rustic, country, horticultural.